Hairstyle and Makeup Photography for Stylist Portfolio help

[Ballistics]

Just responding to your facile comments in your post. Your naivete is showing. Good luck.

So you're just going to have an outburst and not elaborate? Sounds good. Are you bi-polar?

Kind of reminds me of the time when I asked you if you were being sarcastic (instead of assuming) and you got offended.

Don't know why you took that post personal, or as insulting, but it wasn't towards you so you can chillax there Big D.

Edit: I'll PM you to continue this conversation because:

a) I don't want to derail the thread.
b) I'm here to learn
c) I think you either misread or misunderstood my post and took it the wrong way.

 

[Tee]

Stephen Eastwood is the man. He teaches great workshops if you have an interest in commercial modeling.

 

[Ballistics]

Never heard of him, but I'm glad I did. Great work he has there.

 

[Designer]

Questions:

- Posing: Do I concentrate on the face and hair, like a simple headshot? Or do I add the torso and have their wardrobe add context?
- Environment: Do I go for a black or white backdrop? Or do I actually do it someplace to add color?
- Lighting: Below is a list of my gear. This is the best I can do for now. I think it should be enough for what I'm going for.
- Lens: I plan on sticking with the 70-200mm for all of the shots.

Take a few minutes to pick up a hairstyle magazine. That should tell you how the shots should look.

 

[Ballistics]

Questions:

- Posing: Do I concentrate on the face and hair, like a simple headshot? Or do I add the torso and have their wardrobe add context?
- Environment: Do I go for a black or white backdrop? Or do I actually do it someplace to add color?
- Lighting: Below is a list of my gear. This is the best I can do for now. I think it should be enough for what I'm going for.
- Lens: I plan on sticking with the 70-200mm for all of the shots.

Take a few minutes to pick up a hairstyle magazine. That should tell you how the shots should look.

I thought the revlon sight was a good suggestion - what are the differences between a hairstyle magazine and the portraits on the revlon site? And are portfolio shots for a hair dresser the same as head shots for an actor or singer?

 

[table1349]

Pickup a issue or two of something like this and have at it.

 

[Ballistics]

Pickup a issue or two of something like this and have at it.

I'm going to! Thanks!

 

[Designer]

Questions:

- Posing: Do I concentrate on the face and hair, like a simple headshot? Or do I add the torso and have their wardrobe add context?
- Environment: Do I go for a black or white backdrop? Or do I actually do it someplace to add color?
- Lighting: Below is a list of my gear. This is the best I can do for now. I think it should be enough for what I'm going for.
- Lens: I plan on sticking with the 70-200mm for all of the shots.

Take a few minutes to pick up a hairstyle magazine. That should tell you how the shots should look.

I thought the revlon sight was a good suggestion - what are the differences between a hairstyle magazine and the portraits on the revlon site? And are portfolio shots for a hair dresser the same as head shots for an actor or singer?

It depends on what you want in the showcase. For hair, good overall lighting, the model can be looking away from the camera, but minimize extras such as clothing, for instance. For makeup, you should emphasize the makeup, not necessarily the hair, etc. For clothing, emphasis should be on the clothing.

 

[MLeeK]

Repost and go from there.​

Ok, what are you up to? Choosing random posts and putting in gibberish responses that have no relativity to the discussion?

 

[Ballistics]

Thats a portion of someone's post above. Interesting.

 

[gsgary]

Oh I see, a straight on shot seems so cliche' and boring though, no?

Go to the Revlon website and then report back on how many "interesting" angles and poses you see. You gotta nail the basics first. Learn how to shoot a face properly, then expand to hair.

I guess you're right. What I find funny that specifically the revlon website has horizontal head shots with the top of the head cropped off, which many members are so against here lol. I find that a little comical. Off topic, but interesting.

Tops of head cut off is not bad like most make out, the more cut off makes you concentrate on the makeup

 

[gsgary]

Have a look here, a friend on another forum P&P IMAGE FACTORY: photography of Gil Perron

 

[MLeeK]

Ballistics-how is this project going? I'd actually like to see some of it!

 

[Tee]

Tops of head cut off is not bad like most make out, the more cut off makes you concentrate on the makeup

So true. I spent last weekend assisting a commercial photographer and pretty much sucked every piece of hidden info out of him as I could. He was showing me how he crops for different looks for cosmetics and hair ads. Cropping the top can be very effective in redirecting the eyes...the trick is knowing precisely how to do it. He also showed me some mazing one light (backlightiong) set-ups utilizing large 8ft foam core board refelctors in the front.

 

[Ballistics]

Ballistics-how is this project going? I'd actually like to see some of it!

Looking to get started this weekend.